Baby carriage



Mall-ch 1929.Y G, COMPTON 1,706,915

i BABY CARRIAGE Filed Nov. .25 ,1926

llatenteid Mar. 26, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE COMPTON, 0F NEW HAVE, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE RAT'IAN MFG.

CO., OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTTCUT, A CORPORATION.

BABY CARRIAGE.

Application/'filed November 23, 1926. Serial No. 150,246.

This invention relates to improvement in baby carriages, and particularly to an adjustable bacloattachinent for baby carriages. A stylish orin of baby carriage at present has a deep body,-that is, the sides extend upward into the plane of the front and bach. lt is desirable that carriages of this type should be provided with an adjustable back, so as to permit a child to i'eeline, and the object ot this invention is to provide a baby carriage with anjadjustable back, with means for locking' the back in various positions of adjustment, and the invention consists in the construction as hereinafter described and particularly recited in the claiins. 'i In the accmnpanying (flrawings:

Fig. 1 is a side view of a baby carriage constructed in accordance with niy invention, showing; the adjustable back in its lowered position; l

Fig. 2 a plan view of the 'traine olf the adjustable back in its lowered position;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view et the same; and

Fig'. 4l is a perspective View of the keeperplate detached. Y

In carryingv out my invention, theibaelr 5 ot the body 6 is cut away to leave clearance for an adjustable traine 7. This traine is hinged to a transverse brace 8 extending across the back. In the traine and so as to be housed thereby is a longitudinally-ar- 'ranged rod 9 extending;` upward through the upper edge of the adjustable 'traine and provided at its outer end with a knob or handle l0, Upon the rod and tending` to lorce it downward is spring' l1. This rod extends through the lower traine-piece l2 ot the adjustable back and projects beyond it into engagement with a curved keeper-plate 13, which is provided with pertorations 141, .more or less in number and herein shown as three, this keeper-plate being secured to the transverse-brace 8, which is forinedwith a. notch l5 to give clearance tor the lower end 'of the rod 9. The adjustable back will be upholstered to correspond with the upholstery on the inside of the'carriage-body, and between `the adjustable., back and the body is a hood 16 of flexible material which will fold inward when the adjustable bacl: is raised, but will cover the space between the adjustable back and the lcarriage-body, so alsp 'forin a protection' for the face ot the cai W'henthe back is in its raised position, the end of the rod 9 will engage with a hole 14 in the keepeifplate, and sdhold the adjustable back flush with the back of the carriagebody. To lower the adjustable back, the

`rod 9 is drawn outward so as to lift the adjustable back n'iay be locked in its raised or full open position, or at one or more 1nterinediate points. Y

It will be understood that the outer face of the adjustable back is linished to correspend with the .finish of the carriagebody, so that, when in its raised position, it is ineonspieuous, and when dropped forms a convenient head-rest for a child I claini:

l. The combination with a baby-carriage body eut away at its back, ot a transverse brace `secured to the inside oi'I the back at the lower be of the cut-away po-rtion and lorined with a notch, an adj ustablc back traine fitting` in thecut-away portion and hinged to said brace, a longitudinallymovable rod housed in said back-trame, a keeper lined to said brace and extending inward and upward through said notch and 'formed with a plurality of openings with either ot which the lower end olf said rod may engage, and a 'spring on said rod tending to force it downward. Y

2. The oou'ibination with a baby-carriage body cut away at its back, et a, transverse brace secured to the inside ot the bach at the lower edge ot the cut-away portion and formed with `a notch, an adjustable backtranie fitting in the Vcut-away portion and hinged to said brace, a longitudinally movable rod housed in said back-traine, a keeper fixed to said brace and extending inward and upward through said notch and torined with a plurality of openings with either ot which the lower end of said rod may engage, a spring on said rod tending to -torce it downward, and a flexible hood connected with the adjustable traine and with the back ol the body.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification.

GEORGE COMPTON. 

